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Gender and
Development
Editorial 2
Caroline Sweetman
Women and Leadership
Volume 8 Number 3 November 2000
'Point of order, Mr Speaker': African women claiming their space in parliament 8
Sylvia Tama/e
From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life 16
Lesley Abdela
Towards realistic strategies for women's political empowerment in Africa 24
Sara Hlupekile Longwe
Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the
garment sector in Bangladesh 31
Petra Danneeker
'Empowered leaders'? Perspectives on women heading households in Latin America
and Southern Africa 40
Kavita Datta and Cathy Mel/waine
Transformational leadership: advancing the agenda for gender justice 50
Peggy Antrobus
Leadership for adolescent girls: the role of secondary schools in Uganda 57
Jill Sperandio
The leadership role of international law in enforcing women's rights:
the Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention 65
Kwong-Leung Tang
Leadership for social transformation: some ideas and questions on institutions
and feminist leadership 74
Amna Rao and David Kelleher
Resources 80
Compiled by Erin Murphy Graham
Publications 80
Organisations 84
Electronic resources 85
Videos 86
Index to Volume 8 87
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